COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22333, 3 February 1936, Page 5

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

RATES AT TE AWAMUTU STEADY MARKET MAINTAINED GOOD DEMAND FOft PIGS The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports that at its Te Awamutu stock sale on Thursday the standard of quality perhaps was slightly lower than the usual, and an absence of heavy ox beef reflected in a keener sale for the small proportion of good beef cows and heifers. iMcdium Jersey beef cows and stores, the entry of which was again a very heavy one, sold under good competition at stable values. Many potter bulls were well sought after by exporters up to recent levels. For the class of stock the advertised dairy cattle met with a very good bale. Heavy fat Shorthorn cows, £6 15s to £7 10s; good quality fat cows s.nd heifers, £5 15a to £6 10s; medium-conditioned, £3 los' to £4 15s; lighter fat cows, ±"2 17s 0d to £;} 10a; forward killable cows, £2 10s to £2 los; young, fresh-conditioned cows, £1 lGs to £2 as: medium stores, £1 lis to £1 15s; boners, to £1 lis; heavy potter bulls. £5 to £7 17s Gd. medium, £-1 to £5; good dairy cows, £4 10s ti £5 15 =; medium. £3 to £4 ss. The entry of sheep, in the vicinity of 4000 head, comprised about 1700 breeding ewes, the remainder -Leing stoie and fat "arnbs, v.-ith a number of small pens of fat, grown sheep. The market for fat ewes and wethers was firm at FrankJon realisations, while fat lambs elicited brisk bidding and sold freely right up to schedule rates. Buyers were very enthusiastic in tne store lamb section and an excellent sale resultc-d. All were readily sold with an improving tendency if anything on Quotations at other centres. Medium fat ewes, made 13s 3d to 14s 3d; heavy fat wethers, £-1 23 to £1 4s 7d; heavy fat lambs, £1 2s Sd to £1 3s lid: good fat lambs, £1 to £1 2s 6d; medium, 18s Gd to 19s Gd; 1100 five and six-year ewes, £1 Is 3d; 247 poorer. 18s 3d; 227 failing-mouth ew*is, 13s Sd; pen of good two-tooth breeding owes; £1 7s 6d; pen, ditto, £1 7s; 137 forward mixed sex lambs, 17s lid; 144 ditto, His 9d: 76 ditto. 17s Gd; pen of medium ewe lambs, 17s Gd: most of the yarding comprised smaller pens which made: Best fat lambs, £1 Is to £1 4s; medium. 19s to £1; well-grown forward mixed sex store lambs, 10s 3d to 17s lid; medium, 15s to 16s; inferior, lis to 14s. Both fat and store pigs were forward- in large numbers. Rates for porkers and baconers t were similar to those of this week's Frankton quotations and a good demand esisted throughout. Stores and weaners likewise were well sought after. Heavy baconers, £2 lis to £2 16s; medium, £2 7s to £2 10s; light, £2 3s to £2 6s t heavy porkers, £1 ISa to £2 2s; medium, £1 13s to £1 18s; light. £1 lis to £1 13s; well-grown store pigs. £1 3s to £1 7s 6d; medium, £1 Is to £1 3s; siips, 17s to 19s Gd; large weaners, 13s to 16s: Email, 12s.

RANGIRIRI OFFERING The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having: held it* annual sheep fair in the Rangiriri saleyards on Thursday, when an exceptionally large yarding of all classes of sheep came forward. The entry comprised a heavy supply of store lambs, and these attracted keen competition from a large bench of buyers, and realised values fully equal to Frankton rates. An offering of breeding ewes consisted of annual drafts from local farmem in the Glen Murray. Te Kauwhats., Okaeria. "Waipuna and Mataburu districts Coming off clean country these sheep w?~re keenly sought and a total clearance effected at prices- fully up to late rates. A medium entry of store realised satisfactory prices. Fat lambs, 20s 9d to 22s 3d; lighter, 20s to 20s Gd; forward shorn store lambs. 17s to 17s Sd; smaller ewe lamas. 19s 5d to 20s 9d; shorn wether lambs, 15s to 16s 9d; smaller wether lambs. 12s 6d to 14s Id; woolly lambs. 15s 8d to 17s 6d; cull lambs. | 10s Sd to 12s sd; fat and forward four- ! tooth wethers. 24s to 24s 4d: fat and fori ward two-tooth wethers, 22s 6d to 22s 7d: I store two-tooth wethers, 21s 6d to 22s 4d; best two-tooth eweß, 34s to 35s 94; smaller. 26s fid to 3ns; six-tooth ewes; 325. 3d to 33s Id; four and five-year ewes, 29s 3d to 29s 9d: five-year-old ewes. 25s 6d to 2Ss 6dc mixed age ewes, 28s 3d to 32s 3d: sc-und-mouth ewes. 20s 6rt to 22s 6d; full-mouth eweu. 13s to IBs; Southdown rams. 3igns to ser>s: tiged Southdown rams. 12s 6d to SOs; aaed Romneyrams, Ign. MATAMATA YARDING Dalgety and Company, Limited, reports having held its usual fortnightly sale at Matamata on Thursday, when a large yarding of sheep and a small yarding of cattle came forward. Fat sheep _ sold at late rates, while fat and store lambs showed an advancement on late rate?. Fat and store cattle were not as keenly sought after as usual. Sheep: Medium fat * wethers, 23s 7d; fat ewes, 12s 6d to 14s; medium-weight fat woolly ltmbs. 21s 3d to 23s 3d; good woolly forward store lambs', 18a Gd to 19s 6d; good Romney shorn wether larabs, 17s 6d; medium woolly store lambs, 15s to 16s 3d; smaller and cull sorts, 10s 9d to 12s Gd; six-year-old breeding ewes, 16s 7d; small two-tooth store wethers, 18s. There were no good heavy fat cpttleP yarded. Shorthorn cows (medium) made £5 3s light fat Jersey cows and heifers, £2 17s Gd to £'3 8s; fleshy cows, £2 56 to £2 15s; boners, £1 12s to £2 2s, according to weight and condition; potter bulls, £5 to £7 7s. There was a medium yarding of. fat pigs and a full yarding of stores. Prices for bacon and pork were on a par with late Frankton rates, but stores showed an easing tendency. Piime baconers made £'2 13s to £2 17s; medium, £2 9s to £2 12s; light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 Is to £2 Ss; medium porkers, 36s to £2; light and unfinished. 29s to 355; choppeds. 15s to 375; stores (good), 27s .to 325; others, 21s to 265: slips, 17s to 235; weaners, 12s to ISs.

DEMAND AT WAIHOU The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its usual Waihou stock sale on Friday, when a full yarding of all classes of cattlfe was penned. Cow and heifer beef comprised mostly medium quality cattle, witii price* showing no appreciable variation in values since previous reports. Store ccws sold firmly at late lates, while values for a heavy entry of potter bulls showed a slight easing tendency. There was a'fall yarding of sheep, comprising mostly store lambs, with only a small proportion of fat ewes. Competition was brisk, a total clearance resulting at prices fully on a par with late quotations. There was a full yarding of fat and store pigs, there being a good proportion of baconers. Values for all classes were equal to Frankton rates. Cattle: Medium fat cows and heifers, £4 las to £'s 2s; lighter fat cows and heifers, £<! Ss to £4 13s; killable Jersey cows. £2 10s to £3 6s: heavy honers, £'2 to £'"2 18s; lighter, 2fs to 375; heavy potter bulls, £7 to £S: medium, £5 10s to £6 Ss: light, £2 2s to £4 ISa. Sheep: Extra prime woolly hoggets, 275; lighter, 23s (id to 255: fat ewes, ISs to 15s 3d; good stove lambs. 15s 3d to 16s 7d; others, 12s lOd to Ids: cull lambs. 9s 3c to 9s Sd. Prime quality baconers. £2 15s to £2 18s: medium. £2 12s to £2. 14s: light, £2 9s to £2 12s; heavy porkers, £2 4s to £2 8s; medium. £2 to £2 3s: light. 32s to S9s; stores.*22s 6d to 30s 6d; slips, good, 19s to 235; poorer. l?s to 17s: best weaners. 12s fid to Ills: smaller, 7s to lis; sow with litter, £4 9s; choppers." 30s to £2 Ss.

MOVEMENTS AT' FEILDING [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] FEILDING, Saturday There was a heavy yarding of sheep and a slight drop in fal prices at the Feilding sale yesterday. Store sheep remained firm, but the cattle market was rather quiet. Fa*, sheep: Prime lambs, made 23s fid to 24s 3d; fair average, to 22s lOd; light, from ISs; prime hoggets. IDs 3d; very prime heavy black-faces, 25s Id; very pood two-tooths, to 23s 7d; light, ISs (id; prime wethers, 24s (id; light prime, to 23s Sd; unfinished sorts. 20s 8d; prime maiden ewes. 23s 4d: prime ewes, to 16s 9d; very good, to 15s' 6d; light, from 12s. Store sheep: Breeding ewss, twotooth. 31? 8d; four six_ to four-year, 235, 30s; four-year. 2t>s 3d; four and five-year, 21s; five-year, to 200 6d; five and six-year. ISs; aged ewes, to 17s; poor lots, from 12s; ewe lambs. 19s 9d; black-face lambs, woolly. ISs 7d to 19s; shorn, very good, ISs fid: other lots, from 14s 4d to 16s 9d: wether lambs, very good, to ISs 3d; 'good, to 17s 9d • light condition, from 13s; wethers, to 21s' 2d. Fat cattle; Polled Angus rows. £6 15s Shorthorn cows, to £fi 10s; cross cows. £G 12s fid; bullocks light mix_eri colours. £3; prime Jersey cows. So £4 15s; light, from £3 7s Gd. Store cattle; Boner cows, 20s to 40s; forward cows, to *3.118; .Tersev heifers, to £2 15s: empty heifer*. 38s (id; heifers 8.V.8., £2 12s fid: Pol ed Angus cows. £3 19s to £4 19s; "s s D dS calves, U 14s; black steers, Jo ~3s. U&itj cattle: Springing heifers, to £4>